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- Tech Today: PSN users jump to Xbox, Android NFC details
- News@8pm: Windows Phone Mango & Twitter buys TweetDeck
- Windows Phone 7 Market Place now stocks 18,000 apps
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 price leaks as 606 euros
- Windows 8 coming in 2012 says Microsoft CEO
- Windows Phone 7 Mango update to launch in autumn
- Twitter buys TweetDeck in multi-million pound deal
- Nike+ GPS iPhone app now free to download from iTunes
- iPhone app news: Lady Gaga gets Tap Tap Revenge app
- Windows Phone 7 to become 7.1 following today's update?
- iPhone 5 to feature 'smaller and thinner' form factor
- New MeeGo tablet partners announced
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer officially unveiled
- Xbox 360: 3D gaming to be announced by Microsoft at E3?
- Sony SmartAR video shows future of augmented reality
- Windows Phone 7 update to be unveiled later today
- PSN outage will cost Sony £106 million
- News@10: Modern Warfare 3 trailer and PSN breach
- Modern Warfare 3 heading to Wii and DS
- Toshiba Thrive Android tablet up for pre-order
- Foursquare home screen heading to INQ phones
| Tech Today: PSN users jump to Xbox, Android NFC details Posted: 24 May 2011 03:58 PM PDT
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News@8: Tuesday saw details of the updated Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, while the Xbox 360 is set to add 3D gaming capacity via a firmware update. Meanwhile the PlayStation Network update could end up costing Sony a whopping £106. Check out the details and more tech news in our daily News@8 round-up. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| News@8pm: Windows Phone Mango & Twitter buys TweetDeck Posted: 24 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT
Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. Sony have announced that the outage of PSN will cost the company £106million, on top of Sony’s current figures that show over £3billion in losses. Xbox 360 continues to bask in PlayStations’ failings, and Microsoft will add 3D HD gaming through a firmware update in the coming weeks to bolster the user's experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is heading to Wii and Nintendo DS according to recent reports, and for many, the game cannot come soon enough after the official trailer was unveiled, featuring actual gameplay footage for the first time.
Microsoft is poised to update its Windows Phone 7 to a version, dubbed “Mango”, in Autumn 2011. The OS for PCs, slates and tablets is also due an upgrade, with the Microsoft CEO confirming Windows 8 will be coming in 2012.
Twitter has reportedly purchased TweetDeck in a £25million deal, as the third-party app opted for Twitter over UberMedia. Nike+ GPS celebrated it’s fifth birthday by giving away its latest app for free on the Apple App Store.
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| Windows Phone 7 Market Place now stocks 18,000 apps Posted: 24 May 2011 09:50 AM PDT
Angry Birds and Doodle Jump to add to Windows Phone 7's 18,000 apps Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system now has more than 18,000 applications in its App Market Place the Redmond based tech giant has revealed.
Speaking at the official preview of the operating system’s next major update, Microsoft confirmed that its App outlet has surpassed the latest content milestone just seven months after the system was made available to both developers and consumers.
Apps are set to play are major role in the development of the service with Microsoft outlining the downloadable content as one of its key areas of development ahead of the Mango update that will hit devices in autumn this year. Apps that will hit Windows Phone 7 in the coming weeks include mobile gaming powerhouses Doodle Jump and Angry Birds.
“Seven months ago we started our mission to make smartphones smarter and easier for people to do more,” said Andy Lees, President of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. “With Mango, Windows Phone takes a major step forward in redefining how people communicate and use apps and the Internet, giving you better results with less effort.”
Can Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS challenge the likes of Apple and Google in the App stakes? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 price leaks as 606 euros Posted: 24 May 2011 09:29 AM PDT
UK launch of Samsung's 8.9-inch tablet expected shortly Samsung’s 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab could be one step closer to hitting European markets after German retailer Amazon.de leaked the mid-sized tablet’s price as €606 (£529).
Believed to be heading for a June release, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is set to touch down running Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and, as its name suggests, an 8.9-inch display.
Speaking exclusively with T3, Samsung has remained cagey around the tablet’s official release with an official spokesperson for the company declaring: “Samsung will announce the UK availability for Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 in due course.”
They added: “We are currently in discussions with the UK’s major network operators and retailers, who will in turn determine pricing.”
Can Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 8.9 or Galaxy Tab 10.1 challenge Apple’s iPad 2 atop the tablet market’s sales charts? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Windows 8 coming in 2012 says Microsoft CEO Posted: 24 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT
Phrase "Windows 8" coined for the first time by Ballmer Windows 8 is set to launch on Microsoft platforms in 2012, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Speaking at a developers’ conference in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, Ballmer referred to the company’s next-generation OS as “Windows 8” for the first time.
The Microsoft CEO confirmed that the successor to Windows 7 would arrive next year for PCs, tablets and slates.
He told developers: "We're obviously hard at work on the next version of Windows. Windows 7 PCs will sell over 350 million units this year.
We've done a lot in Windows 7 to improve customer satisfaction. We have a brand new user interface. We've added touch, and ink, and speech.
"And yet, as we look forward to the next generation of Windows systems, which will come out next year, there's a whole lot more coming.
"As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different form factors."
Link: TechRadar
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| Windows Phone 7 Mango update to launch in autumn Posted: 24 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT
Windows Phone 7 software update to add multi-tasking and IE9 in autumn Microsoft has unveiled its plans for the next update to its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system with the Mango refresh set to bring multitasking and more than 500 other new features to handsets this autumn.
Whilst a definitive release date has yet to be decided upon, Microsoft announced that the Mango update would not touch down until autumn this year. Interestingly, however, the tech giant revealed the launch of the OS update would also see the arrival of the first Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices.
With much of the update’s focus being targeted towards the improvement of communication, apps and web aspects of the Phone 7 OS, Berg declared the Mango software will make Windows Phone 7 “smarter and easier” to use.
Web improvements will see Windows Phone 7 handsets sporting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser. Speaking on the IE9 inclusion Berg said: “It will not be similar to that on the PC, it will be exactly the same.”
One of the most key of the updates more than 500 new features will be the inclusion of multi-tasking allowing users to seamlessly switch between open applications without reducing the speed of the handset with a number of programmes running in the background.
Other new features of note include the Groups hub that will allow users to group contacts as well as Threads that will link all person-to-person communication across all mediums into one seamless stream.
“Seven months ago we started our mission to make smartphones smarter and easier for people to do more,” said Andy Lees, President of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. “With Mango, Windows Phone takes a major step forward in redefining how people communicate and use apps and the Internet, giving you better results with less effort.”
Is Microsoft leaving it too long to introduce the Mango update or are you happy to rough out the wait without the new feature? Share your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Twitter buys TweetDeck in multi-million pound deal Posted: 24 May 2011 07:41 AM PDT
The microblogging site seizes another third-party app According to sources close to the deal, Twitter has purchased TweetDeck, an application for the microblogging site, in a deal believed to be worth $40million.
The deal is set to extinguish the battle being fought by UberMedia and Twitter, which saw the latter attempt to purchase TweetDeck.
Twitter attempted to outbid UberMedia’s bid of $30million, with a conclusion in the clash likely to be confirmed later today.
There has be no word from the two companies involved with Twitter offering a philosophical approach tweeting: “For all those who might be curious, we continue to not comment on rumours”.
This isn’t the first time Twitter has picked up a third-party app. Last year it bought the iPhone app Tweetie, and along with the photo add-on TwitPic.
Link: CNET
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| Nike+ GPS iPhone app now free to download from iTunes Posted: 24 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT
Nike makes Nike+ GPS app free to download to celebrate Nike+ birthday Nike’s innovative run logging tool Nike+ has marked its fifth birthday with the sporting giant making its Nike+ GPS iPhone app available to download free of charge via the iTunes App Store to celebrate.
Usually sporting a £1.19 price tag the Nike+ GPS app was first launched back in September with Nike shunning the external sensor that helped launch the Nike+ brand instead opting to utilise the inbuilt GPS and accelerometer features of Apple’s leading smartphones.
The latest addition to the Nike+ range saw Nike partner with TomTom earlier this year to launch the Nike+ SportsWatch GPS, a device first showcased as the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
Are you already a Nike+ GPS user? Share your thoughts on the run logging app with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| iPhone app news: Lady Gaga gets Tap Tap Revenge app Posted: 24 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT
Tapulous' biggest app yet lands on the App Store. If you can't get enough of Lady Gaga's newly-released album, you can now download it as a playable Tap Revenge game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
The Born This Way Revenge app, features the classic Guitar Hero-style gameplay which requires gamers to match the beat of Gaga's tunes to the carousel of notes that appear on the screen.
The £2.99 app features all 17 tracks from the bonus edition of Born This Way, which is the highest number of tracks ever featured in a Tap Tap game.
As well as being able to play along with each track, there's also in-app access to Gaga's Twitter feed and YouTube channel and a news feed featuring the latest from the "Haus of Gaga."
In other Gaga-related news, Amazon sparked a frenzy yesterday by offering the Born this Way album for just 99c in the US. The move is believed to be a pre-emptive strike against Apple's forthcoming forray into cloud music.
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| Windows Phone 7 to become 7.1 following today's update? Posted: 24 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT
Mango update to see Windows Phone 7 bumped to version 7.1 Today’s Windows Phone 7 update event will see the Microsoft mobile OS adopt the moniker Windows Phone 7.1, new reports have suggested.
With the Mango update expected to be officially unveiled with more than 500 new features and a possible array of new handsets, much speculation has suggested the operating system will make the jump to version 7.5.
“The following namespaces and classes have been added ot updated for Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.1. For more information about new features in Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.1, see What’s New in Silverlight for Windows Phone,” read the report.
T3 will be on hand at today’s Windows Phone announcement so stay tuned to T3.com and the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds for all the latest on the Mango update.
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| iPhone 5 to feature 'smaller and thinner' form factor Posted: 24 May 2011 03:39 AM PDT
"Smaller and thinner" iPhone 5 to host new smaller SIM card The Apple iPhone 5 is to land with a “smaller and thinner” form factor and a SIM card that is even smaller than the micro-SIM found in the iPhone 4 Stephane Richard, CEO of France Telecom has revealed.
Richard, the head of France Telecom, the company that owns network provider Orange, leaked the information on the upcoming iPhone 5 in an interview with tech blog All Things D stating that retailers and networks have worked closely with Apple to develop the new smaller SIM card.
"All of us told them it was a bad idea because the SIM card is a critical piece of the security and authentication process," announced Ricard on his companies objections to Apple’s plan of introducing an E-SIM to the iPhone 5.
"This is good evidence we can work properly with Apple people, Apple teams. In that particular case, we have been able to find, I think, a good answer which is good for everyone."
With Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference set to kick off on June 6th, tradition and the company’s rigid annual product cycles would suggest Apple is to unveil the iPhone 5 within a matter of weeks despite numerous rumours suggesting the handset has been delayed until September.
What features would you like to see in the next rendition of Apple’s iPhone device? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| New MeeGo tablet partners announced Posted: 24 May 2011 03:02 AM PDT
Former Nokia smartphone and tablet OS struggles for recognition. MeeGo, the smartphone and tablet OS Nokia ditched in favour of Windows Phone 7, is set to be the basis for a new tablet operating system in China. The OS, built by Red Flag Software, will use MeeGo version 1.2, the company building its own user experience on top.
The deal, revealed at a MeeGo conference in San Francisco, will give Intel, the OS’s main backer, hope that it can break into he lucrative Chinese market. Sadly, there’s no word on whether any major tech firms are looking to follow Red Flag’s suit and get involved with MeeGo.
Intel remains bullish, saying in a statement, "The MeeGo software platform gives developers a faster and easy way to deliver intuitive and compelling user experiences. MeeGo provides a world of opportunities for device manufacturers and operating system vendors alike."
But with Nokia giving the OS the cold shoulder and Android and iOS storming ahead, will MeeGo ever become a big time player? Tell us what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages now.
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer officially unveiled Posted: 24 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer outs first look at gameplay footage Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has entered the realms of reality as the game’s publisher Activision unveils the first official game play trailer for the upcoming first person shooter.
As well as offering the first glimpse of in-game footage from the next addition to the globally dominant Call of Duty franchise, the teaser trailer has given an insight to the games plot and confirmed its much mooted and widely predicted release date as November 8th.
Whilst widespread leaks had already covered off the game’s release date and storyline, the trailer, available below, gives eager gamers their first look at the title that will try to emulate the record breaking success of last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops release.
What do you think of the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer a tantalising peak at the year’s big release of an early look at a disappointing flop? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Xbox 360: 3D gaming to be announced by Microsoft at E3? Posted: 24 May 2011 02:47 AM PDT
It seems the Xbox is finally about to step up to the 3D plate Despite rumblings to the contrary (both form the public and in terms of sales figures), it seems as though 3D is here to stay… at least for a while. Microsoft is clearly in agreement, as reports have emerged stating that the company will unveil full 3D gaming for the Xbox 360 at E3 2011, which takes place next month.
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| Sony SmartAR video shows future of augmented reality Posted: 24 May 2011 02:38 AM PDT
Augmented reality gets a little more sophisticated Sony has been busy showing off its new SmartAR technology which could feature in smartphones in the near future.
Taking the notion of augmented reality one step further, users will be able to use their smartphone's camera to view and interact with AR objects through their touchscreen.
The technology works by mapping 3D spaces, where an AR marker can be created. A character or item can then be placed and be manipulated within that 3D space.
Unlike the augmented reality technology currently housed inside the Nintendo 3DS, Sony's approach does not rely as heavily on placing the AR markers which creates the space for the AR object.
While it seems very likely that the technology will be seen in smartphones first, Sony has previously commented on its potential for gaming as well. That could well see it land for the NGP and the Sony S1 and S2 tablets announced earlier this year.
You can watch the SmartAR demonstration video below. Impressed by Sony's new take on augmented reality? Let us know your thoughts via Facebook and Twitter.
Link: GadgetLite
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| Windows Phone 7 update to be unveiled later today Posted: 24 May 2011 02:28 AM PDT
So-called Mango update finally set to be detailed. Microsoft will detail plans for its upgrade to Windows Phone later today following an invite that was sent out to VIPs earlier this month. The event is set to be centred around the so-called Mango software boost, which has also been dubbed Windows Phone 7.5.
This is undoubtedly good news for Nokia, as it looks to hurry along its plans for its own Windows Phone devices. And with the invite lacking any mention of Windows Phone 7, you expect the number to be dropped too.
T3 will be on hand a the exclusive Windows Phone event later today bringing you hands-on coverage of all the updates to Microsoft's flagship mobile OS.
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| PSN outage will cost Sony £106 million Posted: 24 May 2011 02:19 AM PDT
Hackers hammer Sony as finances take a nosedive. The PSN outage is set to cost Sony a massive £106 million. That’s according to a statement from the company to investors, after it also revealed it was expecting to make record a loss of £1.6 billion in the 2011 financial year.
Regarding PSN, Sony said, “Based on information currently available to Sony, our current known costs associated with the unauthorised network access are estimated to be approximately 14 billion yen (£106 million) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.”
The service went down in the middle of April and only came back online last week. The PSN Store is expected to reopen this week, selling stacks of new content in order to catch up with a packed release schedule.
Sony’s financial position had looked rosy earlier this year, with tech titan expected to report profits for 2011. But the Japanese natural disaster and PSN outage have hammered the company. For more on this and the rest of the day’s gadget news, stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| News@10: Modern Warfare 3 trailer and PSN breach Posted: 24 May 2011 02:00 AM PDT
T3 scans the Twitterverse to bring you a handy daily round-up of gadget news, tech rumours and randomness from the WWW. Kick back with your morning cuppa and catch up. TuesdayBUSINESS NEWS @TheRegister - PlayStation Network breach will cost Sony $171m
SOCIAL NEWS @TheTelegraph - Twitter 'not a place for reasoned discussion' says Sir Tim Berners-Lee
MICROSOFT NEWS @TechRadar - Windows 8 coming in 2012, says Ballmer
TABLET NEWS @Engadget - Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 priced at 606Euros on Amazon.de
GAMING NEWS @GeekyGadgets - First Modern Warfare 3 gameplay trailer
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| Modern Warfare 3 heading to Wii and DS Posted: 24 May 2011 01:13 AM PDT
Is the year's hottest title heading to Ninty? Modern Warfare 3 could be set to land on the Nintendo Wii and DS. That’s according to an unearthed cached image from CallofDuty.com, which lists all the consoles the year’s biggest game will be available on.
If true, it’ll be developer Infinity Ward’s first time porting one of its COD games over to Ninty’s consoles. Previous Modern Warfare titles on the Wii were worked on by Treyarch, the people behind last year’s smash, Black Ops.
Modern Warfare 3 has been pegged with an 8 November release date and is set to pick up where Modern Warfare 2 left off, continuing on from that game’s cliffhanger ending. Full details are set to be revealed at this year’s E3 expo.
Would you play Modern Warfare 3 on the Wii? Or should Activision and Infinity Ward focus on the Xbox 360 and PS3? Let us know your tuppence worth on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Toshiba Thrive Android tablet up for pre-order Posted: 23 May 2011 11:52 PM PDT
No word yet on UK release, but Tosh tab promises much. Toshiba’s Android tablet, dubbed the Thrive, has just been slapped with a pre-order price tag by US retailer J&R. The CES-revealed slate is set to cost $450 (£279) for the entry-level 8GB model. A pricier 32GB version has been priced up at $579 (£359).
Those are impressively low considering the Thrive got a warm reception when it was first revealed. It comes with an impressive spec sheet too, packing Android Honeycomb, a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, HDMI support, a 10.1-inch 1280x800 panel and a 5 megapixel camera round the back.
If the prices do translate across the Atlantic, it’ll make the Thrive much cheaper than the Motorola Xoom and LG Optimus Pad, both of which have been criticised for being prohibitively expensive. The Xoom costs £499 for the basic model, while LG’s tab has been rumoured to costs as much as £699.
Do you fancy a Toshiba Thrive now provisional prices have been outed? Let us know now on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Foursquare home screen heading to INQ phones Posted: 23 May 2011 11:26 PM PDT
Easy access recommendations delivered straight to INQ phones' home screens. Foursquare and INQ have inked a deal which will see the latter’s Android phones get a dedicated home screen for the location aware social service. Owners of phones including the INQ Cloud Touch will be able to swipe their blowers and get realtime Foursquare info on-the-go.
Based on previous check-ins, current location and check-ins by your pals, the Foursquare home screen will deliver live recommendations on where to eat, where to hang out and where to shop.
If you’re not a member of Foursquare, fear not. INQ says it’s got that one covered. CEO Frank Meehan said, “We’re looking to make it really easy for a consumer to discover and sign up to foursquare itself, via the start-up sequence. Then we’re taking foursquare’s great knowledge of the world around you and visualising that on your home screen, enabling you to explore events, restaurants, clubs and even bookmark places in a to-do list.”
This is a really smart move by INQ, once again showing why its phones are the way to for social media savvy punters. Tell us what you think of the deal on our Facebook and Twitter pages now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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